(21455) Mcfarland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer McFarland mentored a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Flagstaff High School, Flagstaff, Arizona.Naming citation (20050224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mcfarland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mcfarland is 2.32 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21455 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HH41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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